Learn how to use the Spanish verb meaning "to have" to show possession
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Javier: Hola soy Javier. Hi I’m Javier. |
| Jessie: And I’m Jessie - Playing Spanish games. In this lesson, you will learn how nouns work in Spanish when it comes to number and gender. |
| Javier: Where does this conversation take place? |
| Jessie: This conversation takes place at a university. |
| Javier: Who is the conversation between? |
| Jessie: The conversation is between Pedro and Javi, two university students that have known each other for a long time. |
| Javier: Escuchemos la conversación. |
| Jessie: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| 1. PEDRO: ¿Tienes la nueva PlayStation? |
| 2. JAVI: Sí, y también tengo un juego de fútbol. |
| 3. PEDRO: ¿Porqué no jugamos? |
| 4. JAVI: Es que no tengo otro mando. |
| 5. PEDRO: No pasa nada, yo tengo otro mando. |
| Jessie: Now let’s hear it one time slowly. |
| 1. PEDRO: ¿Tienes la nueva PlayStation? |
| 2. JAVI: Sí, y también tengo un juego de fútbol. |
| 3. PEDRO: ¿Porqué no jugamos? |
| 4. JAVI: Es que no tengo otro mando. |
| 5. PEDRO: No pasa nada, yo tengo otro mando. |
| Jessie: Now with the English translation. |
| 1. PEDRO: ¿Tienes la nueva PlayStation? |
| 1. PEDRO: Do you have the new PlayStation? |
| 2. JAVI: Sí, y también tengo un juego de fútbol. |
| 2. JAVI: Yes, and I also have a soccer game. |
| 3. PEDRO: ¿Porqué no jugamos? |
| 3. PEDRO: Why don't we play? |
| 4. JAVI: Es que no tengo otro mando. |
| 4. JAVI: Because I don't have another controller. |
| 5. PEDRO: No pasa nada, yo tengo otro mando. |
| 5. PEDRO: No problem, I have another controller |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Jessie: So Javier, what’s your favorite sport? |
| Javier: El fútbol. |
| Jessie: Soccer. |
| Javier: That’s right. Es mi deporte favorito - It’s my favorite sport. |
| Jessie: That’s great. I personally like basketball. |
| Javier: ¿baloncesto? |
| Jessie: Yes, baloncesto. |
| Javier: Ah in Spain, Soccer and Basketball are really popular. |
| Jessie: Ah really? Which team do you like? |
| Javier: Well Real Madrid and Barcelona are the most famous. |
| Jessie: Umm Real Madrid and Barcelona. So which one do you like? |
| Javier: A mi me gusta Barcelona - I like Barcelona. |
| Jessie: How about other sports? Do you play baseball or American Football in Spain too? |
| Javier: We have Tennis, Handball and Formula 1 but actually Baseball or American Football are not that popular. |
| Jessie: Oh really, huh that’s interesting. I can kind of picture it though. When I think of Spain, I think of Soccer. |
| Javier: Yes and not only in the Spain, it’s popular in many Latin American countries too. |
| Jessie: hm, that is definitely true. Okay. On to the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Jessie: The first word we will look at is |
| Javier: tener |
| Jessie: To have. |
| Javier: te-ner, tener |
| Jessie: Next is. |
| Javier: la |
| Jessie: The |
| Javier: la, la |
| Jessie: Next we have |
| Javier: también |
| Jessie: Also, as well, to |
| Javier: tam-bién, también |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: un |
| Jessie: A, an |
| Javier: un, un |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: juego |
| Jessie: Game |
| Javier: jue-go, juego |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: fútbol |
| Jessie: Soccer |
| Javier: fút-bol, fútbol |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: por qué |
| Jessie: Why |
| Javier: por qué, por qué |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: jugar |
| Jessie: To play |
| Javier: ju-gar, jugar |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: mando |
| Jessie: Controller |
| Javier: man-do, mando |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: otro, otra |
| Jessie: Other, another, else |
| Javier: ot-ro, ot-ra, otro, otra |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: nuevo, nueva |
| Jessie: New |
| Javier: nue-vo, nue-va, nuevo, nueva |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Jessie: Let’s have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first one we will look at is |
| Javier: por qué |
| Jessie: Why |
| Javier: Here is a sample sentence. ¿Por qué juegas al fútbol? |
| Jessie: Why do you play Soccer? |
| Javier: Here is another one. ¿Por qué estudias español? |
| Jessie: Why do you study Spanish? Here, don’t worry too much about any unfamiliar words. We are just showing you how this word is used. So - por qué, is the Spanish word for why and it’s used to ask the reason for something. |
| Javier: Eso es. That’s right. |
| Jessie: What’s the next one we will look at? |
| Javier: jugar |
| Jessie: A verb that means to play. Something I want to point out really quickly. All verbs in Spanish end in either ar, er or ir. |
| Javier: Exactly. Every verb. |
| Jessie: So if you see a word that ends in one of these, chances are it’s a verb. We will go more into the differences later on in this season, but just know that this is an ar verb. Okay let’s hear some short sample phrases. |
| Javier: Yo juego a Football. |
| Jessie: I play soccer. |
| Javier: Tú juegas a baloncesto. |
| Jessie: You play basketball. |
| Javier: Nosotros jugamos a badminton. |
| Jessie: We play badminton. All right, can you introduce one more word? |
| Javier: nuevo |
| Jessie: An adjective that means new. For example |
| Javier: Tengo un coche nuevo. |
| Jessie: I have a new car. Remember this verb - tener, from last time. |
| Javier: Tengo un coche nuevo - I have a new car. |
| Jessie: Okay, on to the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
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| Jessie: The focus of this lesson is how number and gender work with Spanish nouns |
| Javier: Such as coche and coches |
| Jessie: Car singular and cars plural. |
| Javier: Or habitación and habitaciones |
| Jessie: Room singular and rooms plural. The formation of the plural or the feminine version of the noun changes depending on the noun right? |
| Javier: Yes we have masculine words that and in O like - oro. |
| Jessie: Gold |
| Javier: Or brazo |
| Jessie: Arm. So words that end in O are normally masculine. |
| Javier: Yes but not 100% of the time. |
| Jessie: Are there any other endings for masculine words? |
| Javier: Yes words ending in ama or oma, as in - anagrama or diploma. |
| Jessie: Which are anagram and diploma. |
| Javier: Or aje, such as - equipaje, which means luggage. |
| Jessie: Are there any other words that are masculine? |
| Javier: números, y días de la semana |
| Jessie: The numbers and the days of the week are also masculine. |
| Javier: el uno, el dos |
| Jessie: The number one, the number two and so on. |
| Javier: Or, el lunes, el sábado |
| Jessie: Monday, Saturday and so on. So now how about feminine nouns. If we said that nouns ending in O are normally masculine, can we say that nouns ending in A are normally feminine? |
| Javier: Yes we can such as cama or columna |
| Jessie: These mean bed and column and these are some examples of feminine words. |
| Javier: But again this rule does not always apply. |
| Jessie: Like we saw before nouns that end in ama or oma are normally masculine even though they end in A. So that’s an exception. |
| Javier: Right. |
| Jessie: Okay. How about the plural? How do we make the plural form of nouns? |
| Javier: This is easier. We add an S like in English. For example - coche |
| Jessie: Car |
| Javier: and, coches |
| Jessie: Cars. |
| Javier: If the word ends in a constant though, we add ES. For example - papel |
| Jessie: Paper |
| Javier: and papeles |
| Jessie: Papers. Got it. To recap, when the word ends in a vowel we add an s to form the plural, and when the noun ends in a consonant, we add ES. |
| Javier: Perfecto, however |
| Jessie: Not 100% of the time right? |
| Javier: You got it. |
| Jessie: All right. Let’s do some practice. Listen and repeat. Car, Singular. |
| Javier: coche |
| Jessie: Cars, plural. |
| Javier: coches |
| Jessie: Paper, singular. |
| Javier: papel |
| Jessie: Papers, plural. |
| Javier: papeles |
Outro |
| Jessie: Okay well I think that’s all for this lesson. In the lesson notes, you can find a lot more examples of rules for the gender and number of nouns. |
| Javier: So please check them out. |
| Jessie: Thanks for listening everyone |
| Javier: Muchas gracias. Thank you. Hasta pronto. See you soon. |
| Jessie: Until next time. |
| 1. PEDRO: ¿Tienes la nueva PlayStation? |
| 2. JAVI: Sí, y también tengo un juego de fútbol. |
| 3. PEDRO: ¿Porqué no jugamos? |
| 4. JAVI: Es que no tengo otro mando. |
| 5. PEDRO: No pasa nada, yo tengo otro mando. |
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